386 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
Carex longispicata Hayara sp. nov. Culmi 100cm. alti vel 
altiores (basi foliis confertis instructi?) gracillimi acute triquetri glabri 
a facie striati ad angulos acuti vel sub alati facie 14 mm. lati. Folia 
eaulina 50-60 cm. longa culmo breviora 4 mm. lata basi distincte 
tenuiter contracta, supra costis impressis, utraque latere caste. pro- 
minente 1 (?)-nervata, inter nervas multi-nervalosa utraque glabra. 
Spice § terminales, androgyne laterales, 4-5 racemosim alternatim 
disposite. Racemi 12 cm. longi, spicis ad nodos solitariis longe 
pedunculatis, bracteis longis spicas in longitudine superantibus, 
infimis longissimis 20 cm. longis 3mm. latis basi  brevissime 
vaginiformibus. Spicee J cylindrice 4-5¢ m. longs 14 mm. late pedun- 
culate, pedunculis 1-3 em. longis. Spices androgyne, (partibus 
inferioribus partes superiores { in longitudine 5-10-plo squanti- 
bus, partibus masculinis interdum obsoletis), a se 14 cm.—4$ em. 
remote, pedunculis 1-3 em. longis. FI. J} : squamis obovato-oblongis 
3mm. longis 13 mm. latis apice rotundato-truncatis ad summum 
extremitatem cuspidatis, (cuspidibus + mm. longis), dorso costatis 
(costis apice in cuspides productis), longitudinaliter castaneo- 
striato-maculatis glabris. Fl. °: squamez quam iis J breviores 
obovate cum cuspidibus 24 mm. longe 14mm. late sursum 
margine eroso-integre dorso costatee, (costis ad apicem in cuspidem 
1 mm. longam productis), cuspidibus minute paucissime hirtellatis. 
Utriculus oblongus 24 mm. longus 14 mm. latus utraque acutus 
apice plus minus rostratus a dorso valde compressus facie 
leviter concavus dorso costato-convexus a latere costatus, (costis 
obtusis), rabescens minute muricatus dense punctatus. Achzenium 
sub maturitate globosum 14 mm. in diametro a dorso compressum a 
latere costatum antice posticeque convexum glabrum fusco-rubes- 
cens basi plus minus brevissime stipitato-attenuatum; stylo 
medio sensim paullo incrassato basi sensim paullo contracto, infra 
